#EADD59#EADD59

#EADD59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.699; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.151 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EADD59
RGB	rgb(234, 221, 89)
HSL	hsl(55, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 62%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.96, -11.12, 64.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.96, 65.35, 99.80°)
OKLab	oklab(88.38% -0.0357 0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(88.38% 0.151 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(61.5936, 69.9289, 19.7024)
Luminance	0.6993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EADD59 #5966EA

analogous

#EA9459 #EADD59 #AEEA59

triadic

#EADD59 #59EADD #DD59EA

tetradic

#EADD59 #59EA94 #5966EA #EA59AE

square

#EADD59 #59EA94 #5966EA #EA59AE

split-complementary

#EADD59 #59AEEA #9459EA

monochromatic

#B2A417 #E3D223 #EADD59 #F1E88F #F8F3C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#EADD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.99

#EADD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EADD59

14.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EADD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EADD59	1.00	1.40	14.99	14.99
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FACFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eadd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 221, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.151 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e78d',
    500: '#eadd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eadd59;
$custom-light: #f4e78d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eadd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.621,
    "s": 77.54,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88378,
    "c": 0.15103,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.69927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EADD59

secondary

#3540B2

accent

#1EDA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EADD59

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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